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Australian students taking a physics course based on PSSC displayed a sharp decline in enjoyment of physics. Pupil personality and teacher behaviour variables affected the extent of this decline.
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Gardner, P. Deterioration of high school students' attitudes to physics. Nature 250, 465–466 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250465a0
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